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-саг

-саг

See also: саг

Mongolian

Alternative forms

ᠰᠤᠭ ‎(sug)

Suffix

-саг • ‎(-sag) ‎(Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠭ) (complying with vowel harmony)

  1. (forming adjectives out of nouns) fond of
Derived terms
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See also
  • -мсаг ‎(-msag)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠭ ‎(sag), borrowed from Turkic, originally a combination of a desiderative verb suffix *-sa- and *-k. Compare Karakhanid اَرسَك ‎(erseg, “nymphomaniac”) and Mongolian эрсэг ‎(erseg, “nymphomaniac”).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /səg/

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